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Where you live affects your health. Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, publish a ranking of all the localities in the U.S. regarding "health factors" and "health outcomes." According to its metrics, Arlington is the healthiest place to live in Virginia, and Tazewell is the least conducive to good health. York County scored fifth out of Virginia's 133 localities in the 2015 County Health Ranking, followed locally by James City County (7), Poquoson (16) with the cities of Hampton (68) and Newport News (80) in the middle of the pack. The lowest scores in the region went to Surry (97) and Charles...

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Where you live affects your health. Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, publish a ranking of all the localities in the U.S. regarding "health factors" and "health...

Bon Secours 5K-run and 1-mile walk for Colon Cancer Awareness takes place on Saturday, March 28. More than 425 runners and walkers are expected to participate in this TowneBank-sponsored event. The goal is to raise $20,000 for the Bon Secours Maryview...

The take on teenagers today is that history is what was posted to their Twitter account an hour ago. In Surry County, though, basketball players grow up with the legacy of Joe Ellis.
Ten years ago this month, Ellis, Surry's longtime boys basketball...

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.; screening is recommended at age 50 for adults with average risk.
Bon Secours Hampton Roads is inviting participation in its 5th annual Bon Secours 5K for Colon Cancer presented...

When Shericka Goza of Hampton was diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2011, she was not surprised.
The now retired Navy sonar technician said the illness is hereditary. Both her dad and brother had colon cancer.
"And they had beat it," she...

Each fall, health organizations organize events to support their causes, and to raise funds and awareness for a litany of the diseases that afflict us. At the same time, numerous others offer health fairs and screenings, often free of charge, to aid in...

Jenny Crittenden is a type A personality, the kind who fills in her planning calendar months in advance. So watching her brother Troy go through rounds of chemotherapy as he successfully battled colon cancer in 2011 brought on a feeling of...

Briana Kirby first started running as a hobby. But, after losing her mother to colon cancer in August 2012, Kirby is finding that running is allowing her to share her mother's story and raise money for cancer research.
Kirby, an Old Dominion alum,...

Lung cancer kills three times more Virginians each year than any other cancer. In its soon-to-be-released annual report, the Virginia Cancer Registry revealed that though its incidence ranks third to prostate and breast cancer, lung cancer has by far...

WEST POINT — Two Augusts ago, Rhonda Lassiter had a conversation with her two sons that the small, tight-knit family is unlikely to ever forget. Lassiter, a single parent, had shared plenty with Jordan Lassiter, 16, and Jahlil Green, 15, both high school...

Bob Gurske, a notable local sound engineer and drummer, died over the weekend from complications related to colon cancer, his friend and bandmate Donnie Kepley said.The Hampton resident played with Kepley in the band Tusko Fatale. Gurske was known...

Colorectal cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer, but it doesn't need to be, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.The cancer wouldn't be as deadly if more people were screened, the CDC said.Nearly 2/3 of eligible Americans...

On February 18, 2012, Concerned Citizens for Community Excellence, Sister to Sister in conjunction with Senator Mamie E. Locke will be having their Spring Health Fair. This will be held at the Hampton Roads Boys & Girls Club, 629 Hampton Avenue,...

In a new report, The American Clinical Laboratory Association asserts that genetic testing and genomic clinical lab testing generates 116,000 jobs -- 44,000 directly, the rest indirectly -- and contributes $16.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy.In...

Colon cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. More than 100,000 Americans are diagnosed annually.UVA School of Medicine conducted a review of more than 4,000 patients with stage 3 colon cancer, younger than 75, who were treated outside...

Joy Spencer will never forget when she stepped on the scale and it registered a few ounces short of 200 pounds. The number gave the now 34-year-old Newport News mother of two young children the jolt she needed to start exercising — and to sustain it.
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Veterans Affairs medical centers across the country, including the Hampton VA, have seen a dramatic upswing in women patients, and that growth has brought its share of challenges.Nationally, the VA has documented gender gaps in recent years – where the...

You are empowered to reduce the risks of getting colorectal cancer, commonly called colon cancer.
How?
Eat a low-fat diet.
Exercise regularly.
Maintain a healthy body weight.
"Excessive alcohol has also been associated with...

Colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as "colon" cancer) develops in the lower part of the digestive system, also referred to as the gastrointestinal, or GI, system. The digestive tract processes the food you eat and rids the body of solid...

There's a mystery to cancer, in large part because of fear, that PBS tries to unravel in next week's six-hour documentary "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies." "We're not really honest with each other," filmmaker Ken Burns said....